Out at the Berkeley Marina, sitting in the car, facing the hills and doing my best to get into a meditative state of mind.
I struggle a lot with lack of confidence and fear of failure. Sometimes the later is completely paralyzing due to that wonderful phenomenon known as the ability gap. I’m not a rich man… he’ll, I grew up on public assistance. I know that the odds of leaving my socio-economic class are ridiculously low. That eats away at my abilities, fills me with fear.
Why didn’t I just listen to Lawrence Kasdan all those years ago when he put these words I to Harrison Ford’s mouth: “Never tell me the odds.”
Do me a favor and don’t remind me that it’s a longshot. That we’re going exstinct as a species anyway. You do that, and I’ll do my best to have faith enough for all of us. Because it’s going to take faith to get across the gap.
Faith, and just the right amount of swagger.
